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  • VILLETTE
    VILLETTE
    CHARLOTTE BRONTË
    With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Sally Minogue, Department of English, Canterbury Christ Church University College. Based on Charlotte Brontë's personal experience as a teacher in Brussels, Villette is a moving tale of repressed feelings and subjection to cruel circumstance and position, borne with heroic fortitude. Rising above the frustrations of confinement within a rigi...
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  • THE MEEK ONE
    THE MEEK ONE
    FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY
    'I could see that she was still terribly afraid, but I didn't soften anything; instead, seeing that she was afraid I deliberately intensified it.' In this short story, Dostoyevsky masterfully depicts desperation, greed, manipulation and suicide. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity ...
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  • LEAVING THE ATOCHA STATION
    LEAVING THE ATOCHA STATION
    BEN LERNER
    Included in the BEST OF GRANTA launch list for 2023: this story of a young American abroad and adrift is a hilarious, intelligent cult classic, from one of the most celebrated contemporary novelists. ...
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    12,50 €

  • A HANDFUL OF DUST
    A HANDFUL OF DUST
    EVELYN WAUGH
    'It would be a dull world if we all thought alike.'After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last is bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair with the shallow socialite John Beaver and forsakes Tony for the Belgravia set. Brilliantly combining tragedy, comedy and savage irony, A ...
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  • BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY (AND OTHER WRITING)
    BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY (AND OTHER WRITING)
    HELEN FIELDING
    The original multi-million bestselling phenomenon, now including over one hundred pages of rare and unpublished material to celebrate twenty-five years of the inimitable Bridget Jones."The best, the original, the seminal." - Mail on Sunday Bridget Jones's Diary turns 25 this year. Winner of the 1997 British Book of the Year, and named by The Guardian as one of the ten books whi...
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  • WHERE THE LIBRARY HIDES
    WHERE THE LIBRARY HIDES
    ISABEL IBAÑEZ
    ??????AN IMPOSSIBLE LOVE. AN ENCHANTED LEGACY. A DANGEROUS DISCOVERY. ?????? The stunning conclusion to the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling Secrets of the Nile duology. A lush immersive historical fantasy set in Egypt filled with adventure, and a rivals-to-lovers romance like no other! 1885, Egypt: Inez Olivera is left reeling from her cousin Elvira's murder, and h...
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  • SPOOK STREET
    SPOOK STREET
    MICK HERRON
    *Discover The Secret Hours, the gripping new thriller from Mick Herron and an unmissable read for Slough House fans* *Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman* 'A terrific spy novel' Ian Rankin Twenty years retired from the Intelligence Service, David Cartwright still knows where all the bones are buried. But when he forgets that secrets are supposed to stay hidden, there'...
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  • THE HUNGER GAMES 4 BOOK PAPERBACK BOX SET
    THE HUNGER GAMES 4 BOOK PAPERBACK BOX SET
    SUZANNE COLLINS
    This stunning paperback box set includes all three books in Suzanne Collins's internationally bestselling Hunger Games trilogy together with The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. You can step into the world of Panem and continue all the way to the electrifying conclusion. ...
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    44,95 €

  • TEACHER OF THE YEAR
    TEACHER OF THE YEAR
    M. A. WARDELL
    "M.A. Wardell's stories are sweetness and spice wrapped into a big warm hug." Alice Oseman, author of HEARTSTOPPER Love: Not as easy as ABC. They were supposed to keep things casual. Who'd expect they'd be schooled in love? Those who can, teach. Marvin Block is one of the best kindergarten teachers out there. And despite his anxiety, Marvin's life is sweet. He knows what he ...
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  • HOLIDAY ROMANCE
    HOLIDAY ROMANCE
    CATHERINE WALSH
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    12,50 €

  • THE WONDERS
    THE WONDERS
    ELENA MEDEL
    New in paperback: an audacious, critically acclaimed debut about working-class women's livesacross two generations, heralding a new European literary star ...
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    12,50 €

  • TAYLOR SWIFT: ERA BY ERA
    TAYLOR SWIFT: ERA BY ERA
    CAROLINE SULLIVAN
    Celebrate the incredible career of pop music's biggest star in this sparkling biography. We're all living in the Taylor Swift Era. Since her 2006 debut album she's sold more than 200 million records, sold out countless arenas and become one of the most influential artists of her generation. Her Eras Tour is on track to gross more than $1 billion by the time it concludes in Dece...
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  • NEMESIS GAMES
    NEMESIS GAMES
    JAMES S. A. COREY
    NOW A PRIME ORIGINAL TV SERIES Nemesis Games is the fifth book in the New York Times bestselling and Hugo-award winning Expanse series. A thousand worlds have opened, and the greatest land-rush in human history has begun. As wave after wave of colonists leave, the power structures of the old solar system begin to buckle. Ships are disappearing without a trace. Private armies...
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  • DIANARAMA
    DIANARAMA
    ANDY WEBB
    REVEALED FOR THE FIRST TIME: THE TRUE STORY OF THE DECEPTION OF PRINCESS DIANA 'A STORY WE WERE NEVER SUPPOSED TO READ' PATRICK JEPHSON, PRIVATE SECRETARY TO PRINCESS DIANA 'AN IMPORTANT AND FORENSIC EXAMINATION' CHARLES SPENCER The death of Princess Diana in August 1997 was one of the most shocking events in recent history. Many events surrounding the tragedy have been shr...
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  • THE BRONZED BEASTS
    THE BRONZED BEASTS
    ROSHANI CHOKSHI
    PRE-ORDER THE SWAN'S DAUGHTER, THE LATEST FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ROSHANI CHOKSHI! Will divinity be their demise? Returning to the dark and decadent world of her instant New York Times bestseller, The Gilded Wolves, Roshani Chokshi dazzles us with the trilogy's final, riveting tale as full of danger as ever in The Bronzed Beasts. After Séverin's seeming betrayal,...
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  • THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS
    THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS
    IAN MCEWAN
    Rediscover the classic novel of love, violence and obsessions from Booker prize-winning Sunday Times bestselling author Ian McEwan.Colin and Mary are a couple whose intimacy knows no bounds. Away on a holiday together in a nameless city, they get lost one evening in a labyrinth of streets and canals. They happen upon Robert, a stranger with a dark history, who takes them to a b...
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  • THE REPUBLIC OF THIEVES
    THE REPUBLIC OF THIEVES
    SCOTT LYNCH
    Locke and Jean barely escaped with their lives from what should have been the greatest heist of their career. Now they're looking for sanctuary and an alchemist who can cure the poison that is slowly killing Locke. They find neither, but with their luck, money and hope exhausted, they receive an offer from a power that has never had their best interests at heart: The Bondsmagi ...
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  • EVERY OTHER DAY
    EVERY OTHER DAY
    JENNIFER LYNN BARNES
    "A contemporary Buffy" - Publishers Weekly Every other day, Kali D'Angelo is an average teenager. She goes to public high school. She attends pep rallies (reluctantly). She's human. And every other day in between . . . she's not. Though she's not quite sure what she is on those days, Kali knows what she does . . . she hunts, traps, and kills demons, hellhounds, and other sup...
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  • THE CHALICE OF MAGDALENE
    THE CHALICE OF MAGDALENE
    GRAHAM PHILLIPS
    Reveals the discovery of an artifact that many experts believe may be the Holy Grail • Traces the journey of the Grail from the Holy Land to Rome and eventually to a ruined chapel in Shropshire, England • Uncovers new evidence identifying the historical King Arthur and his connection to the Holy Grail The popular Arthurian stories of the Middle Ages depict the Holy Grail as Chr...
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    23,65 €

  • GOD OF PAIN
    GOD OF PAIN
    RINA KENT
    Discover the standalone grumpy sunshine dark mafia romance from the New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation. 'This book was a masterpiece' ***** Reader review 'I couldn't put it down, definitely recommend and the spice omg' ***** Reader review 'Dark and delicious' ***** Reader review 'BookTok did not disappoint' ***** Reader review ______________________________...
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    13,75 €

  • HUNGRY FOR WHAT
    HUNGRY FOR WHAT
    MARÍA BASTARÓS
    "A game between a woman's father and husband simmers and boils into scalding danger; a daughter creates an elaborate feast for her grieving mother; a solar eclipse burns emotions and deceit out into the open; a girl flees across a desert in the pitch-black night. In these stories of suffocating atmosphere, the bland restraint of ordinary life careers into violence and darkness;...
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  • THE LEGO IDEAS BOOK NEW EDITION
    THE LEGO IDEAS BOOK NEW EDITION
    SIMON HUGO / CATHERINE SAUNDERS / HANNAH DOLAN / TORI KOSARA / JULIA MARCH
    A brand new edition of the best-selling LEGO(R) book of all time - with hundreds of all-new models! Unlock your imagination with this colourful treasury of more than 200 new building ideas created by LEGO(R) fan builders. Learn tips and tricks to become a better builder. Find out how professional LEGO designers get their ideas and meet the fan builders. Get inspired to make you...
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    24,99 €

  • THE LIAR'S DICTIONARY
    THE LIAR'S DICTIONARY
    ELEY WILLIAMS
    A WINNER OF THE 2021 BETTY TRASK AWARDSSHORTLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2021__________________________'Joyous' SPECTATOR'Remarkable' SUNDAY TIMES'A playful delight... A glorious novel' OBSERVER Swansby's New Encyclopaedic Dictionary is riddled with fictitious entries known as mountweazels penned by Peter Winceworth, a man wishing to make his lasting mark back in 1899. ...
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  • SALT, FAT, ACID, HEAT
    SALT, FAT, ACID, HEAT
    SAMIN NOSRAT / MICHAEL POLLAN
    "While cooking at Chez Panisse at the start of her career, Samin Nosrat noticed that amid the chaos of the kitchen there were four key principles that her fellow chefs would always fall back on to make their food better: Salt, Fat, Acid and Heat. By mastering these four variables, Samin found the confidence to trust her instincts in the kitchen and cook delicious meals with any...
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  • THE HYPOCRITE
    THE HYPOCRITE
    JO HAMYA
    A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN TIME, THE DAILY MAIL, THE INDEPENDENT, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING AND THE ATLANTIC 'Like Edward St Aubyn and Anne Enright, Hamya is so good on generational conflict, the friction of family, and the damage done by charming but complacent men' DAVID NICHOLLS 'A slippery, excellent exploration of sexual politics, creative appropriation, and family dynamics . . . It ...
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  • ERIC DOLPHY
    ERIC DOLPHY
    VLADIMIR SIMOSKO / BARRY TEPPERMAN
    "Eric Dolphy was a saint--in every way, not just in his playing."--Charles MingusIn his tragically short life (1928-1964), Eric Dolphy was a titanic force in the development of the sixties avant-garde (or "new thing") from the hard bop of the late fifties. The searing intensity and sonic exploration of his work on alto sax, clarinets, and flute derived in part from the concurre...
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  • A SPELL OF GOOD THINGS
    A SPELL OF GOOD THINGS
    AYOBAMI ADEBAYO
    "Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. Because his father has lost his job, Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor, collecting newspapers, begging when he must, dreaming of a big future. Wuraola is a golden girl, the perfect child of a wealthy family. Now an exhausted young doctor in her first year of practice, she is beloved by Kunle, the...
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  • THE BRONTË MYTH
    THE BRONTË MYTH
    LUCASTA MILLER
    "Each generation has rewritten the Brontes to reflect changing attitudes - towards the role of the woman writer, towards sexuality, towards the very concept of personality. Charlotte has been a domestic saint, a sex-starved hysteric, a bitch and an ambitious professional. Emily, her more mysterious sister, has been supplied with apocryphal lovers of both sexes and even denied t...
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    16,25 €

  • MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM
    MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM
    ELIZABETH GOODMAN / LIZZY GOODMAN
    A SUNDAY TIMES, ROUGH TRADE, ROLLING STONE, MOJO AND UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE New York, 2001. 9/11 plunges the US into a state of war and political volatility-and heralds the rebirth of the city's rock scene. As the old-guard music industry crumbles, a group of iconoclastic bands suddenly become the voice of a generation desperately in...
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    25,00 €

  • PREACHER BOOK TWO
    PREACHER BOOK TWO
    GARTH ENNIS
    In the continuing saga of the bizarre adventures of faithless Texas preacher Jesse Custer, Jesse, along with his girlfriend Tulip, and their friend Cassidy, the Irish vampire, head west to a party of Babylonian proportions. Then, Jesse heads for France to rescue Cassidy from the clutches of religious fanatics. His search leads him into a no-holds-barred battle against the force...
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